Kevin Hollinrake
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Oct 10, 2026
Duncan BakerHOST
It's been absolutely great, and what a way to end it.
Duncan BakerHOST
We're here with party chairman Kevin Hollinrake.
Duncan BakerHOST
What a fantastic speech.
Duncan BakerHOST
What have you made of the whole conference?
Thérèse CoffeyGUEST
And Ed Davey, I don't know I don't know.
Thérèse CoffeyGUEST
I'll give huge credit to Kevin Hollinrake and Paul Scully.
Thérèse CoffeyGUEST
They're the ones who just...
Thérèse CoffeyGUEST
They're...
Thérèse CoffeyGUEST
And Ed Davey, I don't know I don't know.
Thérèse CoffeyGUEST
I'll give huge credit to Kevin Hollinrake and Paul Scully.
Thérèse CoffeyGUEST
They're the ones who just...
Thérèse CoffeyGUEST
They're...
Kiran StaceyHOST
H- uh, cue panic among Tory press officers who were desperately trying to get us in, and being told by very truculent venue staff that this would not be possible.
Kiran StaceyHOST
So in the end, I had to stand at the side of the hall and point to some spare chairs that I could see in the middle to let, to be let into [laughs] the space.
Pippa CrerarHOST
Well, I'm relieved you made it.
Kiran StaceyHOST
I did make it.
Kiran StaceyHOST
It hasn't.
Kiran StaceyHOST
I mean, we all heard the Jeremy Clarkson joke that he could see people dressed as seats when he spoke on the conference stage.
Kiran StaceyHOST
Um, it was a, it was a, an interesting speech for a number of reasons, but let me just start at the beginning because we did have a kind of slightly strange parade of Tory shadow cabinet ministers, uh, introduced one by one into their chairs, which doesn't normally happen.
Kiran StaceyHOST
I think that was partly as a response to criticisms that the whole thing has become the Kemi Badenoch show.
James HealeGUEST
You know, you may have the world's greatest policy, but you don't go and sell it, that's on you." I would say the other thing, of course, about it's not just policies, it's about the attention economy, and the Tories have certainly stepped up their game.
James HealeGUEST
So before the speech, we had Kevin Hollinrake, the party chairman, step out and mention the Labor minister, Jenny Riddle Carpenter's comments at Labor conference about this far-right fantasy of, uh, black Labradors and pints, and he did sip from a pint of ale at 10:00 AM and bring out his dog Zuzu, who I think was the only person who could rival Kemi Badenoch for orgasmic applause from the conference faithful.
James HealeGUEST
I mean, I don't know if Zuzu is eligible to stand for next leader, but, uh, she did a very good performance as well.
Lara BrownGUEST
It's worth saying that I think one of the Tories' big frustrations over the last six months is there have been a few instances where they technically got there first before Reform, but because they were so quiet about it and didn't repeat themselves, Reform got all the credit.
Anne McElvoyHOST
Um, and you have some polling numbers for us to give that a bit of a reality check or a grounding.
Anne McElvoyHOST
But I thought that we should start with comments by the Tory chair, Kevin Hollinrake, uh, one of the big communicators, uh, of the Kemi Badenoch message.
Anne McElvoyHOST
He was speaking at a fringe, uh, last night and struck a much more cautious tone than we've been, uh, hearing about the f- around the fringes and the bars.
Kevin HollinrakeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I tend to think where the polls are now, it's gonna go along in terms of this particular parliament.
Sam CoatesHOST
They're actually tied on defense and taxation, which should be their strongest areas.
Sam CoatesHOST
Pretty much the only bright spot is that Reform are doing quite a lot worse, whether it's the numbers around Nigel Farage himself or Reform UK.
Sam CoatesHOST
But the mismatch between the language that we're getting, even from people in the Shadow Cabinet, Hol- Kevin Hollinrake aside, and, and, and these numbers, is quite stark.
Anne McElvoyHOST
That might also, though, be the reason, Sam, why we've heard so much about tax, the, the three-letter word that could still win us the election, as one Shadow Cabinet, uh, member perhaps being as [laughs] as you say, a little bullish [laughs] over the warm white wine, uh, put it to me.
Daniel FinkelsteinHOST
I, I, I thought it was wonderful and fascinating.
Daniel FinkelsteinHOST
In order to accommodate how our panel have to come and go, I'm going to, uh, start with Kevin, uh, Kevin Hollinrake, the chairman of the Conservative Party.
Daniel FinkelsteinHOST
And, and if you can particularly maybe, Kevin, address some of the negative points that Luke raised, as well as obviously some of the positive ones about Kemi's opinion rating.
Kevin HollinrakeGUEST
Yeah, thanks.
Will WalkerHOST
We are the only, uh, credible alternative to Labour," she sa- uh, she says.
Will WalkerHOST
But she said, "We should have a election..." Uh, she said that, "We should have an election if Ni- Keir Starmer and Lee Burnham doesn't, uh, uh, doesn't form defense properly." It follows Tory party chairman Kevin Hollinrake telling the Conservative conference, uh, yesterday that the Tories would lose an election if one was held now.
Will WalkerHOST
Baynham said that sh- said that, uh, she, uh, uh...
Will WalkerHOST
Baynham also said that should no party be able to form a government, she would opt, uh, for a second election rather than do a deal with Reform.